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ORIGINAL CONTEST

Mad Science is back with another contest this month. This time, you've got a chance to win your very own Sugru, the magical mold-anything goo!

Sugru is a wondrous putty made from silicone and epoxy. It molds to any shape and permanently bonds to any surface. The resulting Sugru models are super tough and just a little bendable. This combination of sturdiness and flexibility make Sugru ideal for strengthening handles, camera cases, car keys, and a million other things.

How to Enter

Here's the deal. In the comments below, post your most awesome Sugru project idea. You don't need to actually perform your project idea, just let your thoughts splatter into the comments box. Our two favorite ideas will receive a free full pack of Sugru to help them get their project off the ground! Winners will even be able to choose their favorite color.

Each pack contains 8 pieces of Sugru for your hacking pleasure. Remember that the putty dries permanently and cannot be reused. If you have a great project idea, you won't need to waste any Sugru on prototyping!

Phone drop-proofing, or to cut wires and then make them look normal to cause hours of "WHY ISN't THIS STUPID THING WORKING" and "ARGHHHH!" moments. plus maybe you could put a couple of electronic parts without a board in it and make a simple "circuit ball", maybe lights or something?

I would make all my electronics drop-resistant with it (I think anyone would), but more importantly, I would make little fingertip coverings with it so that I could turn pages better, pick up hot things without burning myself, have better grip on my pens and pencils, etc. Rather than using lots of sugru on everything I want to make easier to grip or safer to handle, I would use a relatively small amount on just my fingers.

I would make elf ears out of it. They would be flexible and last forever. I would coat them with liquid latex after it dried so it wouldn't irritate my skin and to give it the right color. Then I would make paper mache base for horns and cover that with sugru. They would look awesome and feel real. Lastly, I would make feet for my laptop so that it would sit just a little taller on the table and not get quit so hot.

When i read, the cover and the spine get all bent. I would use it to edge the book cover, or protect the corners of a hardcover with it. At the end of the day, i would use it for important books and things, which are not that big, so i could save some sugru.

Cover the bottom (front section) of your Tennis Shoes with Sugru. Now you have a pair of custom "jump roping" shoes. The sugru provides added cushioning to protect your knees when jumping rope for exercise! Vary the amount of sugru based on how much cushioning you require.

Make yourself a grotesque GIANT prosthetic nose. Paint it flesh color to match your face. Pop it on and walk through a mall to see how people react. Memorize several "nose-humor" lines. Now go up to the counter and say... Excuse me... I don't mean to be Nosy, but how much is this nose hair trimmer? Find one of those perfume tester girls, and have some fun smelling them with your giant schnozola!

I would make saddles for my model horses, and hooks and racks for my real tack. I would also make my own model horses to paint after the dry, and since it is slightly flexible they wouldn't be as breakable as plastic models. I could put in the mane and tail and smooth the sugru over them so it would look more real than the plastic slits in other store-bought models.

Form it into a tripod, put in a screw thing that fits, twink it a bit and have a personalized tripod. Use it to fit the shape of your ear perfectly so you can put your bluetooth on easier. tou and ink cartridge of a pen in it to make a pen.

Hmmm...this thing seems wondrous! I think I could use it for better ergonomics on mouses and such. Place it on, hold your hand there for a few seconds/minutes and wallah! You've got a mouse with the perfect fit for your hand. :D

I would do a couple things, i would make a slot cover for my iphones cable slot to stop the dust build up and prevent damage. i would then make a stand for my iphone in my car (i charge it and use it for Pandora). id use it to custom fittings for my xbox/ps3 controllers, id make stands for my collectibles, and id probably just fix up little chips and missing caps around the house.

I would attach them to standard in-ear earbuds, sort of like above, except I would fit it perfectly so it would perfectly fit my ear. This would 1. Make them noise cancelling from both inside and out 2. Make them much more comfortable- in-ear earbuds always start to hurt after about a half an hour of listing and 3. would also be removeable by siding down the cord, so it wouldn't get lost but I would also be able to share with friends. I think this would be an amazing application for sugru.

1.I would use it to create moulds and make my own prototype figurines. (The Kidrobot kind, not the G.I Joe kind!)2. Would use it to create my own IPhone/IPad stands, also customise my own iPhone case with a side landscape mount, to attach it to a tripod.3. And as a fixer, I'd use it to bond broken casings ie; cracked ghetto blaster Shell, to fill out a missing chipped corner piece .

I have several projects I'd love to do:1. Make heat-proof covers for my crock pot handles2. Skid-proof toddler socks by rolling out small pieces into "worms" and smashing them on the bottom of the socks and flattening them.3. fix the plastic top of several keys so they go back on the ring.